[ale] Any language (wuz: Assembly Language?)

[Charles Shapiro]

You've seen this (
http://me.veekun.com/blog/2012/04/09/php-a-fractal-of-bad-design/  ), right?

-- CHS


On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Leam Hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ron, et al,
>
> I think the most motivating things about a language are the community you
> associate with and the "fun" you find in the language. Right now, PHP is
> the most "fun" for me so I am building my software engineering skills with
> it. I want to learn, or re-learn, other languages, but of the ones I know
> PHP is the most fun.
>
> That's a big decider for me. Then finding a community to have fun with.
>
> Leam
>
>
> On 10/24/2013 05:04 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>
>> Hi Leam,
>>
>> Thanks for the offer of the book loan.  Let me see if I get into this
>> with any depth before taking your book away from you.
>>
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I wanted to thank you for all your comments on this thread.  I've read
>> them all, and looked at the resources you listed.  The info is very cool.
>>  I've been meaning to reply with further comments and questions.  However,
>> I've had almost no mental or physical energy today.  I'm not sure why.
>>  Hopefully, whatever it is will go away and I'll be back in the groove
>> shortly.
>>
>> FYI, I found out that the book I mentioned, which claims to be the most
>> used in the world on the topic, is available online.  I looked at the
>> printed copy at a book store, which is 700 pgs.  That is the "abridged"
>> OS-neutral version.  I guess the online versions are OS-specific and longer.
>>
>> http://www.plantation-**productions.com/Webster/www.**
>> artofasm.com/index.html<http://www.plantation-productions.com/Webster/www.artofasm.com/index.html>
>> http://www.plantation-**productions.com/Webster<http://www.plantation-productions.com/Webster>
>>
>> One thing that's bugging me, in all the resources mentioned, is the
>> apparent lack of linkage to the I/O of the pc, mainly the graphical screen,
>> the mouse, the hard drive, and the network card.  Some console I/O commands
>> are mentioned, and appear to be different in different references.
>>
>> More later when I have some more time and some more energy.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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